Roomba, Dysons, Thermomix and other household appliances

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want nice stuff to eat

Consider getting the dry ingredients from GIMA . With those bases you can then also experiment a bit.

 

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Roomba files for bankruptcy

Roomba vacuum cleaner firm iRobot files for bankruptcy

Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main maker of its devices will take ownership of the firm.

www.bbc.com

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[kookaburra75]

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Roboroc are still around. Our mighty Roboroc S7 (known as Fred) is still chugging away.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Roboroc are still around. Our mighty Roboroc S7 (known as Fred) is still chugging away.

We’ve moved on to Eccovacs quite a while ago. Had a number of Roomba vacs and separate mop but they just never kept up with the technology IMHO. Eccovacs units vacuum, mop, lift pads, self empty and self clean then dry at heat.

 

[qaz]

Sunbeam Café Series Duo Espresso Machine EMM7200BK $499 Delivered @ Amazon AU

Deal: Sunbeam Café Series Duo Espresso Machine EMM7200BK $499 Delivered @ Amazon AU, Store: Amazon AU, Category: Electrical & Electronics

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[RooFlyer]

My old 'macerating' juicer died. Looked around for replacement. Decided on 'cold press' type (it squeezes, not shreds the fruit & veg) and an Australian MOD Auto+ at abt $650 summer sale. Swallowed hard at that, but great reputation.

MOD Cold Press Auto+ Summer Fresh Bundle

Experience effortless cold press juicing with MOD's Cold Press Auto+ next generation technology delivers maximum juice extraction and ultra-dry pulp with hands-free and prep-free juicing convenience, at optimal 45 RPM for superior nutrition.

modappliances.com

It arrived after a delay and its terrible!! Complex to assemble each time - about 7 demountable pieces - and rather than the nice pulp-free juice it promises, product is full of pulp. AND it came with a flat strainer thing which fits over the top of the juice collection jug but which isn't shown in the manual ("included bits illustration"), nor any picture or video of the operation. Seems to be an (unadvertised) solution to the pulpy product, but being flat, it doesn't even do that - pulp clogs the strainer and it just sits there.

E-mail to them pointing out operation, with pics and asking if they could see a fault in the way I was using it. quickly acknowledged but nothing since, 4 days later. 2 days after I sent that, I tried it again and sent pics of my assembly and the pulpy product. This not acknowledged.

Same today - this time I have videos and pictures. And cleaning it all is horrible - those 7 parts all need rinsing and one bit needs a supplied hook thing to get pulp out of reject chute, with pulp smeared over most.

I cannot see how I have mis assembled it - clear instructions and dots to line up components. But I wouldn't mind if they can see that I have misassembled.

Anyway, sent them a 'I want a refund' e-mail this morning. See what happens.

 

[Pushka]

My old 'macerating' juicer died. Looked around for replacement. Decided on 'cold press' type (it squeezes, not shreds the fruit & veg) and an Australian MOD Auto+ at abt $650 summer sale. Swallowed hard at that, but great reputation.

MOD Cold Press Auto+ Summer Fresh Bundle

Experience effortless cold press juicing with MOD's Cold Press Auto+ next generation technology delivers maximum juice extraction and ultra-dry pulp with hands-free and prep-free juicing convenience, at optimal 45 RPM for superior nutrition.

modappliances.com

It arrived after a delay and its terrible!! Complex to assemble each time - about 7 demountable pieces - and rather than the nice pulp-free juice it promises, product is full of pulp. AND it came with a flat strainer thing which fits over the top of the juice collection jug but which isn't shown in the manual ("included bits illustration"), nor any picture or video of the operation. Seems to be an (unadvertised) solution to the pulpy product, but being flat, it doesn't even do that - pulp clogs the strainer and it just sits there.

E-mail to them pointing out operation, with pics and asking if they could see a fault in the way I was using it. quickly acknowledged but nothing since, 4 days later. 2 days after I sent that, I tried it again and sent pics of my assembly and the pulpy product. This not acknowledged.

Same today - this time I have videos and pictures. And cleaning it all is horrible - those 7 parts all need rinsing and one bit needs a supplied hook thing to get pulp out of reject chute, with pulp smeared over most.

I cannot see how I have mis assembled it - clear instructions and dots to line up components. But I wouldn't mind if they can see that I have misassembled.

Anyway, sent them a 'I want a refund' e-mail this morning. See what happens.

Have you checked for YouTube tips? Do you use ChatGPT or AI? That is really helpful in such situations.

 

[RooFlyer]

Have you checked for YouTube tips? Do you use ChatGPT or AI? That is really helpful in such situations.

Seeing a few tubes, but not the other stuff sorry don’t do that.

MOD have now replied hoping to solve the problem but quite prepared to give me a refund, which is good. I’ve sent them 340 MB of videos and pictures to show them my issues and give them a chance to sort it out.

I hope they do because it gets really good reviews but what I’m getting bears no resemblance to any of their pictures, videos or favourable comments.

 

[RooFlyer]

I hope they do because it gets really good reviews but what I’m getting bears no resemblance to any of their pictures, videos or favourable comments.

This ended up a bit strangely but good in the end in as much as they agreed to a refund quite readily.

They never got back to me to comment on the videos I sent (except to acknowledge receipt and said they’ll get back to me etc) so I assume I wasn’t doing anything wrong. And they didn’t explain the presence of the strainer which as I said is not in any illustration and is not in any of their clips or photos of how to use the product. And it’s a useless strainer, having a flat base so the pulp just sits there with the juice and doesn’t drain well.

They say cleaning is under 60 seconds which is absolutely nonsense. There are actually 11 individual parts to be cleaned. 11! At most have pulp smeared over them so it’s more than just a simple rinse. Can you imagine this after every juice?



Yet all these online reviews of how wonderful it is to use how simple it is to clean and what great juice it gives.

 

[Aeryn]

Yet all these online reviews of how wonderful it is to use how simple it is to clean and what great juice it gives.

Paid reviews, the practice is not uncommon

 

[MelMel]

This ended up a bit strangely but good in the end in as much as they agreed to a refund quite readily.

They never got back to me to comment on the videos I sent (except to acknowledge receipt and said they’ll get back to me etc) so I assume I wasn’t doing anything wrong. And they didn’t explain the presence of the strainer which as I said is not in any illustration and is not in any of their clips or photos of how to use the product. And it’s a useless strainer, having a flat base so the pulp just sits there with the juice and doesn’t drain well.

They say cleaning is under 60 seconds which is absolutely nonsense. There are actually 11 individual parts to be cleaned. 11! At most have pulp smeared over them so it’s more than just a simple rinse. Can you imagine this after every juice?

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Yet all these online reviews of how wonderful it is to use how simple it is to clean and what great juice it gives.

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You’re obviously not working fast enough

 

[kookaburra75]

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You’re obviously not working fast enough

That's funny - but also, I think proves @RooFlyer 's point.

 

[RooFlyer]

You’re obviously not working fast enough

30 seconds sped up, and they’ve missed a few pieces! Plus the orange thing - "filter" breaks into 2, with difficulty.

Paid reviews, the practice is not uncommon

Sure, expected that, but they sure did a snow job